Air Vanuatu Airline

Air Vanuatu Airline Passengers Boarding

Air Vanuatu is an airline with its head office in the Air Vanuatu House, Port Vila, Vanuatu. It is Vanuatu's national flag carrier, operating to Australia, New Zealand and points in the South Pacific. Its main base is Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila

Air Vanuatu Airline Window View of Port Vila

History: Air Vanuatu terminated the lease on the Qantas Boeing 737–400 after it took delivery of its own Boeing 737–300 in April 1997. The same month Bandeirante services ceased when a Saab 2000 entered service. The lease on the Saab 2000 was terminated in March 1999 and in June that year, Air Vanuatu commenced using a de Havilland Canada Dash 8 of Vanuatu's government-owned domestic carrier Vanair on weekly services to Nouméa. In April 2001 Air Vanuatu merged with Vanair, however, the merger was reversed only five months later. In November 2003 an ATR 42 entered service for use on domestic routes in competition with Vanair. In September 2004, Air Vanuatu again merged with Vanair.

Airline Window View of Bauerfield International Airport Port Vila Vanuatu.

History: In January 2008 Air Vanuatu replaced its Boeing 737–300 with a new Boeing 737–800. Three Harbin Y-12s were added to the fleet in early 2009 and in October the same year, the airline took delivery of a new ATR 72–500 aircraft to replace it's ATR 42. Four days after the ATR 72 arrived at Port Vila the Board of Air Vanuatu was sacked and replaced by Directors General of various Vanuatu government ministries. The ATR 72 made its first revenue flight for Air Vanuatu on 8 November 2009. A second ATR 72–500 was delivered to the airline in November 2014. In 2016 the Harbin Y-12s were phased out and replaced by de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.
Source: Wikipedia